Yuhan Liu Completes Incredible Comeback to Win KPC Main Event

Yuhan Liu produced a remarkable heads-up comeback to win the KPC Main Event at LES A Casino in Jeju, South Korea .

The Chinese professional recovered from a huge chip deficit against compatriot Jing Su to claim the KRW 224,255,000 top prize, worth approximately USD 153,495.

Su collected KRW 169,000,000 for finishing runner-up, while Jingwei Cheng earned KRW 124,000,000 after placing third in his first live poker tournament.

The KPC Main Event attracted 1,692 entries across six starting flights, building a KRW 1,900,455,000 prize pool that more than doubled the original KRW 880 million guarantee.

#23 KPC Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

Total Prize USD

$1,085,730

Total Prize

1.6B KRW

Guaranteed

880M KRW

Entries

1,692

ITM

187

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	₩224,255,000 $153,495	YL Yuhan Liu China	3,547.92
2	₩169,000,000 $115,675	JS Jing Su China	2,508.76
3	₩124,000,000 $84,875	JC Jingwei Cheng China	2,048.39
4	₩89,000,000 $60,915	CA Chen An Lin Taiwan	1,773.96
5	₩69,000,000 $47,230	WG Weidong Guo China	1,586.68
6	₩52,000,000 $35,590	QW Qian Wu China	1,448.43
7	₩39,000,000 $26,695	BC Bo Chen China	1,340.99
8	₩30,000,000 $20,535	YY Yu Yung Lin Taiwan	1,254.38
9	₩23,000,000 $15,745	ZZ Zhengqing Zhao China	1,182.64

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KPC Main Event Smashes KRW 880 Million Guarantee

The KRW 1,300,000 KPC Main Event drew 1,692 entries across six starting flights at LES A Casino.

The final prize pool reached KRW 1,900,455,000, approximately USD 1.31 million, finishing more than KRW 1 billion above the advertised guarantee.

A total of 187 players advanced to Day 2 and secured at least KRW 2,400,000. Russia’s Maxim Sorokin began the day as the overall chip leader but was eventually eliminated in 36th place.

Other notable players who failed to reach the final day included Tom Verbruggen in 20th and Dylan Foster in 25th. Haohui Ma finished 93rd, while Andres Vasquez departed in 103rd.

Following five final hands at each table, Day 2 ended with 16 players remaining.

Taiwan’s Shao Chi Chang led the survivors with 7,550,000, narrowly ahead of Liu with 7,015,000. Su completed the leading group with 5,580,000.

All 16 players returned on August 3 guaranteed at least KRW 11,500,000 and with the championship set to be decided that day.

Shao Chi Chang Falls Short of the Final Table

It took almost four hours of final-day play to reduce the field from 16 players to the official final table.

Chang was unable to convert his overnight chip lead into a place among the final nine, eventually being eliminated in tenth place for KRW 23,000,000.

Chen An Lin entered the final table with the lead after building his stack to 9,725,000. Liu followed with 8,050,000, while Qian Wu began with 7,075,000 as the last woman remaining.

Zhengqing Zhao became the first finalist eliminated after his suited ace-eight failed to improve against Liu’s pocket sevens.

Yu Yung Lin followed in eighth when his ace-jack could not overcome the pocket kings of Cheng.

Bo Chen had struggled to find opportunities during the early final-table action and eventually defended his big blind against Wu. Chen paired his deuce with queen-deuce, but an ace on the river improved Wu’s ace-ten and ended his tournament in seventh place.

Qian Wu’s Run Ends in Sixth Place

Wu began the final table third in chips but saw her stack gradually reduced as play continued.

She eventually moved all in with pocket eights and was called by Chen An Lin holding ace-jack. A jack on the flop moved Lin ahead, leaving Wu to collect KRW 52,000,000 for sixth place.

Weidong Guo had started the final table with the shortest stack and climbed one place further through patient play.

His run ended when pocket sixes lost against Liu’s king-jack, awarding Guo KRW 69,000,000.

Chen An Lin Suffers Brutal Final Table Exit

Lin’s hopes of converting the final-table chip lead into the championship ended in a painful fourth-place elimination.

He called all in with ace-king and was ahead of Cheng’s nine-deuce after pairing his ace on the flop.

Cheng had also paired his nine before moving all in, but Lin remained in control until a deuce on the river gave Cheng two pair.

Lin received KRW 89,000,000 for fourth place, worth approximately USD 60,915.

Cheng’s good fortune ended during three-handed play when his two pair ran into Su’s wheel straight, leaving him with only a small stack.

He committed his remaining chips from the big blind with suited jack-nine but found Liu waiting with pocket aces.

Cheng collected KRW 124,000,000, approximately USD 84,875, after reaching third place in his first tournament.

Yuhan Liu Overcomes Massive Heads-Up Deficit Against Jing Su

Su entered heads-up play holding 35,000,000 chips against Liu’s 13,000,000.

The gap soon became even wider as Su reduced Liu to only 2,200,000 while climbing to approximately 46,000,000.

Liu refused to go quietly. He doubled several times to rebuild his stack before taking the lead in the most important pot of the match.

Su held pocket tens against Liu’s jack-four when a jack arrived on the board. Liu bet and Su moved all in, only to discover that his overpair had been beaten.

The hand left Liu with approximately 35,000,000 and reduced Su to 13,000,000.

River Ace Crowns Yuhan Liu KPC Main Event Champion

The tournament ended soon afterwards with Su at risk holding king-queen against Liu’s ace-ten.

A king on the flop moved Su ahead and put him in position to double, but an ace on the river completed Liu’s comeback and secured the KPC Main Event title.

Su received KRW 169,000,000, approximately USD 115,675, for the biggest recorded cash of his career.

Liu earned KRW 224,255,000, worth approximately USD 153,495. The result narrowly missed becoming his largest career cash but took his recorded live tournament earnings beyond USD 1.2 million.

It also gave Liu the fifth tournament title of his career and completed one of the biggest comebacks seen during the K Poker Cup and King Poker Cup Series .

Complete results and hand-by-hand coverage from the KPC Main Event are available through the Somuchpoker live reporting hub .

All images courtesy of KPC.